DE69933663D1 - Electronic transducer of an acoustic signal into a pseudo-digital signal and bidirectional communication method by sound waves - Google Patents

Electronic transducer of an acoustic signal into a pseudo-digital signal and bidirectional communication method by sound waves

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DE69933663D1
DE69933663D1 DE69933663T DE69933663T DE69933663D1 DE 69933663 D1 DE69933663 D1 DE 69933663D1 DE 69933663 T DE69933663 T DE 69933663T DE 69933663 T DE69933663 T DE 69933663T DE 69933663 D1 DE69933663 D1 DE 69933663D1
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communication method
sound waves
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Emmanuel Fleury
Fabien Blondeau
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ETA Manufacture Horlogere Suisse SA
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    • G—PHYSICS
    • G04—HOROLOGY
    • G04G—ELECTRONIC TIME-PIECES
    • G04G99/00—Subject matter not provided for in other groups of this subclass
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G04—HOROLOGY
    • G04G—ELECTRONIC TIME-PIECES
    • G04G21/00—Input or output devices integrated in time-pieces
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B06—GENERATING OR TRANSMITTING MECHANICAL VIBRATIONS IN GENERAL
    • B06B—METHODS OR APPARATUS FOR GENERATING OR TRANSMITTING MECHANICAL VIBRATIONS OF INFRASONIC, SONIC, OR ULTRASONIC FREQUENCY, e.g. FOR PERFORMING MECHANICAL WORK IN GENERAL
    • B06B1/00—Methods or apparatus for generating mechanical vibrations of infrasonic, sonic, or ultrasonic frequency
    • B06B1/02—Methods or apparatus for generating mechanical vibrations of infrasonic, sonic, or ultrasonic frequency making use of electrical energy
    • B06B1/0207—Driving circuits
    • B06B1/0215—Driving circuits for generating pulses, e.g. bursts of oscillations, envelopes
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G01—MEASURING; TESTING
    • G01H—MEASUREMENT OF MECHANICAL VIBRATIONS OR ULTRASONIC, SONIC OR INFRASONIC WAVES
    • G01H11/00—Measuring mechanical vibrations or ultrasonic, sonic or infrasonic waves by detecting changes in electric or magnetic properties
    • G01H11/06—Measuring mechanical vibrations or ultrasonic, sonic or infrasonic waves by detecting changes in electric or magnetic properties by electric means
    • G01H11/08—Measuring mechanical vibrations or ultrasonic, sonic or infrasonic waves by detecting changes in electric or magnetic properties by electric means using piezoelectric devices
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H03—ELECTRONIC CIRCUITRY
    • H03M—CODING; DECODING; CODE CONVERSION IN GENERAL
    • H03M1/00—Analogue/digital conversion; Digital/analogue conversion
    • H03M1/12—Analogue/digital converters
    • H03M1/60—Analogue/digital converters with intermediate conversion to frequency of pulses
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04B—TRANSMISSION
    • H04B11/00—Transmission systems employing sonic, ultrasonic or infrasonic waves
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B06—GENERATING OR TRANSMITTING MECHANICAL VIBRATIONS IN GENERAL
    • B06B—METHODS OR APPARATUS FOR GENERATING OR TRANSMITTING MECHANICAL VIBRATIONS OF INFRASONIC, SONIC, OR ULTRASONIC FREQUENCY, e.g. FOR PERFORMING MECHANICAL WORK IN GENERAL
    • B06B2201/00—Indexing scheme associated with B06B1/0207 for details covered by B06B1/0207 but not provided for in any of its subgroups
    • B06B2201/50—Application to a particular transducer type
    • B06B2201/55—Piezoelectric transducer

Abstract

The invention concerns a communication system between a portable unit (1), such as a watch, and a communication terminal (2) such as a personal computer, characterised in that the communication terminal (2) comprises at least means for transmitting (6) a sound signal bearing an information, and the portable unit (1) comprises at least processing means (14) for processing data, and receiving (8) and converting (12) means for picking up said sound signal and converting said sound signal into data to be processed by said processing means (14).
DE69933663T 1999-08-03 1999-08-03 Electronic transducer of an acoustic signal into a pseudo-digital signal and bidirectional communication method by sound waves Expired - Lifetime DE69933663D1 (en)

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EP (3) EP1075098B1 (en)
JP (3) JP5324020B2 (en)
KR (2) KR100609191B1 (en)
CN (2) CN1158793C (en)
AT (3) ATE343267T1 (en)
AU (2) AU765295B2 (en)
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